Rites of Passage

“You must learn one thing:
the world was made to be free in.

Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn

anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.”
― David Whyte

Life asks us to cross many thresholds. Often this is through moments of transition, identity shifts, or developmental stages that shape our own becoming. When we pause and mark these passages through ceremony and rites of passage, we gift ourselves the opportunity to consciously be initiated into relationship with our lives, our communities, and our place on this earth.

Many traditions believe that a rite of passage includes three stages:

Severance - This phase invites the questions: Who am I now? What am I ready to leave behind? This is a shedding process, a letting go. Severance creates space for something new to be born.

Liminal - The liminal is boundless and often uncomfortable because of how amorphous it can be. However, it is where true alchemy happens - if we can sit with it long enough. A time when we have are in between worlds - having left something behind, we wait for the new life to begin.

Incorporation - This phase literally means “taking into the body”. Stepping into what is being born, what is true now, what gifts you want to bring into the world after having moved through severance and the liminal.

Whether if be grief, celebration, or stepping into a part of yourself - lets honor this time for you. These experiences are collaboratively designed and generally include immersive time in nature, solo time, ceremony, and whatever else yearns to be. I am here to support the preparation, process, and integration.